blurymind Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 I recently bought a boogie board sync.It exports drawings as pdf vector files. As a result I can import the lines as actual vectorlines - not filled shapes like in wacom bamboo spark! There is however one problem. The lines are broken up by the pressure variation. So a each line is actually broken into several chained lines - each made of 2 nodes. My question is- can affinity deigner join only nodes that are overlapping each other. If a node is not overlapping another- dont join it. So that way for example I can select all the lines of the sketch and with a single command - reassemble their chains- without joining the separate lines. Simply merge nodes that overlap. Those that dont - ignore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted August 10, 2018 Share Posted August 10, 2018 I don't think that's possible blurymind. Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.4.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff Gabe Posted August 10, 2018 Staff Share Posted August 10, 2018 Hi both, That's not something Designer can do. Sorry Thanks, Gabe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff MEB Posted August 10, 2018 Staff Share Posted August 10, 2018 Hi blurymind, Welcome to Affinity Forums I'm not sure I understood your question totally, but if you select all lines, change to the Node Tool, drag a marquee selection around all nodes and click the Join Curves button in the Action section in the context toolbar doesn't it join them all into a single curve? There's a known bug that may prevent this from working with perfect horizontal/vertical lines but for the others it should work. Not sure if it helps. Quote A Guide to Learning Affinity Software Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blurymind Posted August 10, 2018 Author Share Posted August 10, 2018 Hi Meb, In my case I only want to merge the overlapping ones. Doing what you describe leads to also joining the ends of non overlapping nodes to those of others. I am attaching the file as It is exported from the boogie board sync. You can give it a try if you would like to Import to designer and try. Joining works fine on the twirl and simple lines, but when you try it on the sketch of a head- it fails More info about what the boogie board sync is https://myboogieboard.com/products/sync Its a great little tablet that creates clean vector pdf files. Btw, if there is anything I can offer to help implement this- there is an extension for inkscape that does exactly that: https://github.com/fablabnbg/inkscape-chain-paths Many commercial CAD packages create object contours consisting of separate path snippets using adjacent end points. Such objects cannot be used in path operations like "add", "intersect", "difference", as they are technically a set of objects, rather than a single stroke.This extension forms a longer path from multiple shorter path segments. BB_00105.PDF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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